Spring Hospital
		Near Harpersferry Mayreland
	Saturday    Sept 18th    /62

[Written upside down on the top of the letter and down the side and sideways]

Well Mother I must tell you what I have to
do here tonight – I have fifteen wounded men to tend
I have to wet their wounds every (15) minutes
I come here yesterday morning and have not
Slept any yet but my time will be out about
about twelve tonight then I will have a regular old Mich Sleep
it is now nine o,clock
I have had a good sound
old shake of the ague
to day which makes
the fourth one
I have had and I have
to climb a pair of stairs
every few
minutes all
day it
makes my
knees snap
now if you
can
pick 
this out
you will
do pretty well
I think now I 
dont see any more room so I will close Good Bye

[End] 

			Dear Mother
	I am in a Hospital 
but not sick nor wounded  I 
am here as a nurse some of our 
boys are wounded but none very 
bad  I am taking care of Will
Shaw  he is wounded in the 
breast  tell his folks he is doing 
very well it is only a flesh 
wound from a miney ball which 
struck his suspender buckle and 
bruised his left breast  the ball 
lodged and was cut out  I have 
the ball with me  he was wounded 
Wednesday afternoon and I come 
back here to him yesterday and 
shall stay with him until further 


orders from my Lieut he sent me 
back and told me to stay with 
the boys and do all I could for 
them  we shall go back to Middletown 
or Fredric City as soon as he gets 
so he can go  I will name over the 
boys that come with us that 
were hurt  --- which were Miles, Hall 
slightly in the backside of the head  
he is doing very well,  Elbert H Sawy
Sawyer, in the right hand slightly.  
Walter, Holmes, flesh wound in the 
hip, and thare are two or three more 
but I dont know their names,..  
tell Mr. Spaulding, Dewit, is all 
sound,  he is acting as sargeant now 
in our Co.  Clark Dibble is well  
Warren McCunber  is here  he has got 
a lame back  somebody jumped on 
him when he was lieing down 
and hurt him,  all the rest of the 
boys are well but I cant call 
their names.  I have not heard 

from you yet but I think the 
    mail will get to the Regt to day 
we have not heard from Havey 
and the boys yet.  I hope they will 
come soon. our boys camped 
right by the Mich 7th the other 
day but I was back from the
    Regt.  Dewit & Will Saw Sam Horback  
Tommy Robison Frank Flint and 
some other boys  Alvah was back 
                        as
with the teams ^ he is boss teamster  
he is well John [Sharpe] was back 
to the boys are all well and our 
army are doing noble work now 
the present prospects are encoura-
-geing  Mother I hope you are well 
& Father  I hope his health is improve-
-eing  you must write all the
particulars about home  tell me 
just how you get along with 
matters & things and if Augustus 
does any thing for you,  for I 
want to know all about it 

and if it is much harder 
for you that it was when I was 
        for
thare ^ I think that when Mr 
Benton comes back I shall see him 
and if I can do any more good at 
home than I an here or if I can 
make your life any happier I 
think he will let me come home 
and I think Will will be sent home 
as soon as he cin ride but not 
that I am not willing to stay 
here with the rest of the boys 
                     thought
but as I have looked the matter over 
since I have bin away I think I 
did not do the right thing by 
leaving home but I hope you will forgive 
me  I think of you at home most of 
the time and wonder how you are
getting along  I hope you will remember me 
in your prayers to God for I feel that 
this is the time when every one aught 
to love & serve the Lord  O how I 
have wanted my bible since I have 
bin out here Mother  I have broke myself 
of the misrebal habit of swereing 
and I mean to keep from it forever
hereafter  I find my sheet is full & 
I must bring this to a close  write soon  
                                               Good night    
this from your Son         Benjamin. F. Marsh